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Citadel Studios, a game company founded by three former <i>Ultima Online</i> developers, is currently working on a multiplayer role-playing game called <i>Shards Online</i>, which focuses on giving players power and freedom, according to co-founders Tim Cotten and Derek Brinkmann.<p>Speaking to Polygon, the …

In the heart of Microsoft's city-sized headquarters, amid dozens of self-same office buildings, is a courtyard designed to commemorate the 40-year legacy of the world's most successful software company.<p>Hundreds of stone plaques along the ground bear the names and release dates of various Microsoft …

Sulon Technologies is unveiling a new kind virtual reality platform that will turn any room into a fanciful virtual space.<p>Sulon is showing off its demo of The Cortex virtual reality “spatial gaming” platform at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. In doing so, the company is trying to …

<i>Titanfall</i> will run at 792p resolution — the same as last month's beta phase — when it launches tomorrow, though developer Respawn is looking for a post-launch solution to bump this up, lead engineer Richard Baker told Eurogamer.<p>Last month, Respawn community manager Abbie Heppe said the game's beta …

If the video game medium were to be judged solely by 2013, it'd be easy to come to the conclusion that the industry has run out of ideas. With reboots, prequels and sequels ruling the console market, it became patently clear over the past 12 months that publishers were relying on safe, established …

While Android and iOS battle it out for dominance in the mobile market, another battle rages for a distant third place between established mobile operating systems like Blackberry and Windows Phone as well as newcomers such as Mozilla‘s Firefox OS and Samsung/Intel‘s Tizen.<p>Tizen isn’t officially …

The holidays are tough for a lot of people, but I feel particularly bad for the friends of rich people. What do you get someone who owns a Gulfstream jet, the Brooklyn Nets, and one of those Tauntaun sleeping bags? Well, Harrods of London is finally introducing an item to solve this dilemma.<p>The …

2013 has been an exciting year for the digital card game. The market has become inundated with new titles, both AAA and indie. Some are in alpha, some are in beta, and there are inevitably more on the way as the free-to-play model becomes more and more prevalent on both PC and next gen console.<p><b>7)</b> …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif — The largest North American e-sports league, Major League Gaming (MLG), is quickly becoming a global leader in sports broadcasting. MLG’s growth is so large that it’s on pace to surpass one of the U.S.’s most popular sports, the National Hockey League (NHL).<p>“We’ll be bigger …

Veterans of studios Firaxis and Microsoft have formed Oxide Games, a new independent company dedicated to making new next-gen 3D engines, including a new 64-bit multicore game engine for Windows PC, Xbox One and PS4 hardware.<p>Called Nitrous, this new engine supports Simultaneous Work and Rendering …

The federal government – which has spent more than nine years struggling to build a uniquely Canadian naval helicopter – is plowing ahead with controversial plans to spur the development of more made-in-Canada defence technology.<p>Public Works Minister Diane Finley used a speech in London, Ont., …

Major League Gaming will raise the profile of <i>Dota 2</i> in its lineup over the next several months, with plans including the creation of a $210,000 league in North America for the game, the company announced today.<p>MLG's North American <i>Dota 2</i> league will run for the first half of the year. It will begin …

Sixense Entertainment surpassed its goal for its Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign on Thursday, raising more than $402,3674 from 1,581 backers for a wireless version of its motion-sensing game controllers.<p>The startup, clearly benefiting from the rebounding popularity of virtual reality gaming, …